We are once again exhibiting ‘The Weight We Carried’, this time in collaboration with the event Life in One Suitcase, as a part of the Refugee Festival Scotland 2025 organised by Mission of Innocents.
Event details:
1. Vocal and Dance Performance “A Life in One Suitcase”
2. A story about a suitcase that holds an entire life. The life of a person who is leaving their home forever. Leaving behind family and loved ones. Leaving a life they will never be able to return to. All a person can take is a suitcase. Inside it—memories, books, icons, children’s toys, photographs. Inside it—the most precious and dear things. Inside it—a whole life.
This event includes a photo exhibition and an art display featuring the works of Petrykivka painting artist and traditional Motanka dolls, an exhibition of personal belongings of refugees (dishes, books, toys), and a 40–45 minute vocal and dance performance.
Address:
The Parish Church of St Cuthbert
5 Lothian Rd, Edinburgh, EH1 2EP
This event is free, but please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17WZoB4PeXI-w9hKg6QrE8RJf9Vf4lNJxdsJ2Xitplj4/viewform
Parking available, wheelchair accessible, free toilet facilities. No age guidance.
Sensitive moment containing sounds of Air alarm to reflect emotional emphasis of the performance.
Image credit: Hope Far from Home – a mural dedicated to internally displaced persons and refugees, created by Rivne artists Kostiantyn Kachanovskyi and Mykola Patii near Rivne railway station, Ukraine.